Roasted whole cauliflower with tomato, fennel and chickpea galette

Photographer: Devin Hart

Cauliflower is a versatile and often overlooked vegetable that pares well with strong flavours like the fennel and spices in this recipe. Delivering 4 of your 5-a-day, it's perfect for a vegetarian family dinner.

Serves: 4

Time to make: 1 hr 15 mins

Hands-on time: 25 mins

Ingredients

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4 tablespoons English mustard
1 tablespoon olive oil, plus 1 teaspoon extra
4 tablespoons grated parmesan
1 (1kg) cauliflower, leaves removed, left whole, washed
1 tablespoon water
1 onion, sliced thin
1 fennel bulb, outer leaves removed, sliced thin
1 teaspoon fennel seeds
½ teaspoon chilli flakes
½ x 400g can chickpeagarbanzoXsgarbanzosX
250g punnet cherry tomatoes
1 sheet reduced-fat puff pastry
⅓ cup onion jamjellyX or tomato relish
handful fresh Italian parsley, chopped
3 tablespoons light sour cream
2 cups baby kale or curly kale, roughly chopped
juice and zest of 1 lemon

Instructions

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Heat oven to 180°C. Combine mustard, 1 tablespoon of the oil and parmesan. Rub over cauliflower then place on a baking tray and sprinkle with water. Bake for 50 minutes, until deep golden.
While cauliflower cooks, in a non-stick pan fry onion and fennel over a medium heat until well softened, about 10-15 minutes. Add fennel seeds, chilli, chickpeas and tomatoes. Cook a further 10 minutes until tomatoes are just softened. Set aside.
Half-way through cauliflower cooking time, place pastry on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Spread over onion jam. Scatter with onion and fennel mix and parsley. Dollop over sour cream and bake for 20 minutes, or until puffed and golden.
Top galette with kale, lemon zest, a little of the juice and remaining teaspoon of oil. Slice and serve with cauliflower.

Variations

Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free mustard and pastry and check relish and sour cream are gluten free.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 412 cal

Kilojoules 1730 kJ

Protein 17 g

Total fat 15 g

Saturated fat 5 g

Carbohydrates 45 g

Sugar 22 g

Dietary fibre 13 g

Sodium 490 mg

Calcium 330 mg

Iron 4 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.